A Brown County dairy farm with thousands of cows could soon be home to one of the nation's first biogas refineries that converts manure to liquid vehicle fuel. The $20 million project's supporters, ...

ITHACA — Cow manure – a longtime agricultural waste headache for dairy farmers – soon may ignite a new sustainable fertilizing trend. Judiciously decomposing organic matter from 700 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Austin Allred, owner of Washington’s Royal Family Farming, gets the connection between cows and the land. “Cows have an incredible relationship with soil when handled correctly,” he says. “This ...

It’s a common farm odor, but for Connecticut’s largest dairy operator, cow manure is the smell of money. In the complicated business of energy markets, manure produced from a herd of 3,000 cows at ...

Dairy farms are often portrayed as quaint and bucolic. But on the ground, the dairy industry is among the most hazardous to work in — the combination of heavy machinery, thousands of large animals, ...

The manure lagoon is a no-go for now. A crowd of Somers residents was pleased Tuesday night when zoning officials blocked Oakridge Dairy’s plan to truck tons of cow manure to a nearly 3-acre man-made ...

When it comes to innovative sustainability solutions within the dairy industry, California’s dairy farms are leading the way. Thanks to advances in animal care, improved feeding and other upgraded ...